Masked Innocence

Chapter 31: Ran Away

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Sorry for the inconvenience.

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Chapter 31

Ran Away

"This song is a Turkish love folk song 'Katibim'. The students of Turkish language of Department of Languauges dedicate this song to the love of lovely Harry Dawson. May you find your love interest. We tried to help convey your feelings to the Goddes you're searching for.

To the Goddes we wanted to say that please give Harry a chance and also grace us with your presence.

Remember to vote for the Turkish group for the upcoming Language contest.

Thank you for your patience."

Anna stood frozen in her spot. All the happiness of the song drained out of her. All the intelligent neurons and the remaining senses went flying out of her.

She lost her footing and was about to fell down when the doctor got hold of her arm and guided her to the bed.

Anna rubbed her neck looking around.

Her remaining brain cells working on how to get out of this situation.

Out of School.

If..If..By any chance anyone found her...everything...everything will go down the drain.

Even flushed.

Eww..

Anna hurriedly grabbed her uniform which she laid down on the chair to dry but it was not fully dried yet. She hurriedly grabbed a paper bag and stuffed her clothes into it.

"Do you have a mask?" Anna asked.

The doctor nodded and gave her a mask.

Anna hurriedly wore the mask and covered her head with the cap of the hoodie taking the bag she stepped out of the doctors room.

Only to be halted, looking at the boy standing in front of her. With his back supported to the wall.

Harry has been standing outside the clinic for half an hour now. Just as the confession ended he ran here thinking that she might come out.

He was sure that the girl was in the room.

Both of them looked at each other in eye.

Anna looked at the boy for a whole minute memorising the one who got her in this predicament.

And then she sprinted away, down the stairs.

Harry was caught of guard and then went after her.

"wait...stop...I..."

Anna continue to ran down without looking back. Just as she was about to go down the stairs to the ground floor she looked at the herd of girls coming up.

Kill me already.

Harry came behind her.

There was no way left out.

I am done today. My cover will be blown. Anna's breath stuck in her throat. She looked around.

Harry stood above the stairs. His eyes trained on her. Below the girls have also detected her. Now looking at her as if ready to pounce on her.

Her eyes looked at the window. She was on the second floor.

Are you sure?

There is no other way.

Anna again looked at them. Not finding any other way.

They were coming towards her.

Anna hurriedly opened the large window and without thinking anything jumped out.

She jumped out of the window from second floor.

All of their mouths hung open.

What did just happen?

"ahhh...." the girls shouted loudly and looked down the window. They didn't notice the girl running away because according to them one could only die after jumping from second floor.

Harry couldn't even believe his eyes.

Did she really jump out from the second floor.

He looked down the window and but could only see the back of the girl dressed in black already exiting the school.

She have brown eyes.

He noted.

Savannah ran and ran until she reached the cafe. Without waiting for a breath she grabbed her scooty keys and immediately went home.

Not once did she looked back.

...............

Savannah's eyes were trained on the laptop as she stared at the video. Her eyes trained on the subtitles.

She was searching for that song which played in the school today and behind that song blasting in the whole school there was a horrendous reason.

That ugly reason was announced to all the students teachers even the ants and lizards and even the disgusting cockroaches of the school.

The video started playing with the subtitles and Anna eyes bore into the screen.

Üsküdar'a gider iken aldi da bir yagmur

Üsküdar'a gider iken aldi da bir yagmur

While going to Uskudar, rain poured down

While going to Uskudar, rain poured down

Kâtibimin setresi uzun, etegi çamur

Kâtibimin setresi uzun, etegi çamur

My scribes coat is long, his skirt is muddy

My scribes coat is long, his skirt is muddy.

Kâtip uykudan uyanmis, gözleri mahmur

Kâtip uykudan uyanmis, gözleri mahmur

The scribe has woken up from sleep, his eyes are cloudy

The scribe has woken up from sleep, his eyes are cloudy

(Her mind made the scenes with her dressed like the women and a the boy dressed as the man and both going walking on the road with his long coat getting spoiled by mud while she looked at him with predatory shining eyes. Just as she would pounce on him at any moment.)

Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, ele karisir?

Kâtibime siter eter faltu ne güzel yarasi.

The scribe is mine, I am his. what is it to others?

My Scribe what a wonderful way to screw people over.

A chill ran down her spine.

Her treaterous mind made different scenes according to the song.

Üsküdar'a gider iken bir mendil buldum

Üsküdar'a gider iken bir mendil buldum

While going to Uskudar, I found a handkerchief

While going to Uskudar, I found a handkerchief

Mendilimin içine lokum doldurdum

Mendilimin içine lokum doldurdum

I put lokum (Turkish delight) into my handkerchief.

I put lokum (Turkish delight) into my handkerchief

Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum

Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum

While I search for my scribe, I found him at my side

While I search for my scribe, I found him at my side

Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir?

Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel yarasir

The scribe is mine, I am his, what is it to others?

Starched shirt looks nice to the scribe.

Anna shuted down her laptop angrily as she stood from her chair and roamed around the room.

She looked at the laptop as if it was the cause of her problems. Her devious mind wanted to tear it into pieces.

Small pieces that no one could find.

Anna breathed heavily. Her face was red looking for something sharp which she can use to bang on the head of that boy.

Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum

Kâtibimi arar iken yanimda buldum

Kâtip benim, ben kâtibin, el ne karisir?

Kâtibime kolali da gömlek ne güzel

Her subconscious mocked.

Savannah shuddered visibly thinking about it.

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Chapter 32

She won't leave his mind.

"How is it going?" Kai asked in his cold voice to the man in a black suit standing in front of him. He was looking at the report from the finance department.

"The northern side is clear, we are searching in the east and west areas. The report will come in a week.

After clearing these areas then we will move to the southern direction as it has a vast number of orphanages and shelter homes." The buff man replied in his cold voice.

"Are we short on men working for us?" Kai spat coldly.

"As you ordered, we are even tracking all the children that came to the orphanages from the year 2009-2011. That takes a lot of information and we are..."

Kai put his elbows on the table and linked his fingers together looking coldly at the man.

"I don't want to listen to excuses. If needed use more men. I want London cleared within a month."

"Yes, Boss." The man replied in a monotonous tone.

"Leave," Kai said and turned towards the floor-to-ceiling window.

His emotionless eyes looked out at the bright city.

He rested his head on the backrest of the comfortable swivel chair and closed his eyes.

Just as he closed his eyes. The scene of the girl running away replayed in his mind.

Her brown wavy hairs swayed as she hurriedly ran out. She was small.

His mind then replayed the scene when the girl supported, another boy who was probably injured, out. When she herself was falling.

Heh

A little thing she was.

Alas! he couldn't see her face. He was only able to see her little body swaying left to right barely managing to drag herself and the boy out.

He didn't knew if it was a coincidence or not.

But he couldn't get the image of the girl specifically the girl's back out of his head.

..............

Savannah tightened the shawl around her. The weather was changing. It was very cold now a days.

Her laptop was open showing the school forum.

She had pulled a little trick and removed the post completely from the forum.

Everything related to the post even hashtags everything disappeared.

There is a possibility..NO... this thing would surely attract even more attention and curiosity but she couldn't bare to leave a picture of her on the school forum even if its only half her face and back but still if anyone looked at her keenly.

Her getup would be for nothing.

It's better this way.

Mr. Hudson gave Anna a questioning and then a stern look when he saw her coming home in her hoodie and on her scooty.

Sigh..

He was home today.

Every day brings a new problem for Anna.

Savannah sighed and went to bed. She looked at her wound. It was hideous. It looked ugly with scabs and ointment tube on it.

Savannah thought that it will be better if she continued school after complete recovery.

That boy has seen her face bare and now if she went to school he could easilrecognizese her.

So, She decided to continue with school after her wound has healed and this plaster is taken off of her hand.

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Chapter 33

Sean Flawrence

The middle-aged men sitting on the sofa threw the box of tissue paper at the boy entering the mansion sneakily. Trying to be sneaky but failed miserably.

Bam...

The tissue box made a perfect landing on the young boy's head before falling on the ground.

"Ouch...Dad.." the boy rubbed his forehead dramatically.

"What was that for?" he asked.

The man gave him a stern look raising his right eyebrow.

Is he asking ME what's wrong?

"I was with my friends watching a movie." He lied normally scratching the back of his neck.

"Movie with mops and brooms probably."

The man exposed his son's lie sarcastically.

The boy's expression was as if someone stepped on his tail, still dressed in his uniform he again tried.

"I...I was late that's why the teacher asked me to clean the whole classroom."

"Till....( the man looked at his wrist watch) 9 pm..?"

The man looked at him from above the spectacle.

"I..also didn't complete my assignment I had to complete it in school today."

" Ohh, Chemistry assignment?"

"Yes.Yes, chemistry assignment."

The man raised his eyebrows in astonishment.

"Waow, I thought my son didn't like science subjects so he took admission in Arts."

The old man exposed his son's lies one by one.

"I..went to..."

"to..." the man encouraged.

"t.to Derek's house. We needed to complete History assignment."

"Your teacher called."

Carl told his son so that he will stop making stupid excuses.

"It was about the constit..."

Sean stopped abruptly in the middle of his another excuse.

"Oh." he said nodding.

Carl forwarded his right hand towards his son.

Sean looked at his dad quizically and walked towards him slowly.

He looked at him and put his hand in his fathers hand.

Carl immediately jerked away his hand and give him a cold look.

Sean smiled awkwardly.

"Report Card"

Carl spat angrily looking at his son's antics.

Sean pulled out a crumbled Report card which he threw in his bag beneath the books and give it to Carl.

Carl looked at the report card prepared to receive shock.

"History- FAIL

Mathematics- FAIL

English-FAIL

Political Science- FAIL

Economics-FAIL"

Carl loudly read out the results for his one and only son who has sworn to not study.

As is studying was banned for him. He thought that his son would have gained some sense by being tutored but NOO...

This Sean Florence was one bull-headed man.

Sigh...

What should I do with this obstinate son of mine?

Carl thought, tired of his sons always failing results.

"You....."

Carl wanted to reprimand the dumb boy who also was his son but he couldn't know very well that he will only be wasting his breath on him because his precious son will listen to him from one ear and it will all rush out from his second ear.

Carl sighed dejectedly.

He looked at the nearly sulking boy who wasn't able to run to his room under the heated gaze of his father.

He knew what he had to do to bring his son on track. He will need the help of the only one who will be able to control him like no one else.

"I will transfer you to another school."

Carl said.

Sean's ears perked up listening to him.

"You only know how to change my school."

Sean said angrily.

"You want results. I won't give you no matter in which school you got admission for me."

"I won't give you the thing you want."

Carl looked at him sadly. He deserved it after all.

"Sean..."

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense. Do what you want."

Sean said angrily.

He walker to his room not giving his father a chance to say anything.

When he was about to step on the stairs he turned around.

"After all when did you care and listened to me."

He said with gritted teeth agrieved.

Sean's sadness turned into anger.

Carl heart hurted when his son reminded him of his doing.

He missed the happiness a normal family would have. He missed it all and his son was also deprived of it.

If only....

It's no use reminiscing the past. it won't come back nor will it take away the sadness and solve your issues.

He looked at the closed door of his son's bedroom with longing eyes.

"You will be happy when you will know who will be there."

Carl smiled and retired to his room.

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Chapter 34

Shocking Secret

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

Savannah sat in the living room attentively listening to the tick tock of the clock.

She didn't go to school today. But the main problem was that her stupid self forgot her bag in the locker in school.

She just ran away from there saving her life and forgetting about her other half. Her Bag.

Her bag which contained all fbe books and most importantly it also had that f******* unwashed shirt of the b****** who just know how to give her trouble.

There wasn't a peaceful moment in Annas life since she had met him.

Her nemesis.

Steven.

The brat just knew how to cause trouble.

For other brats. ?

Savannah looked at the clock which showed 11 am. The break will start at 11:20 and after an hour there will be two more classes until the school will be off.

She will have to get her bag before school will be off.

If not...

then she'll simply have to go tomorrow.

Anna being her lazy self didn't wanted to go to school. She was repulsed by even the name of the school when she was young.

You are still young.

I hope your mind and soul are not under the control of an old spirit.

"Let's go at 12 pm. Ok"

Savannah confirmed with herself.

OK!

...........

Is this your noon?

Anna's subconscious mocked.

'There were high chances of us being caught. Since the school will be nearly empty in half an hour then we will go and grab our bag before running home, easy peasy.'

Savannah reached school at 1:50 pm. The school would be off by 2 pm and she would sneak in at 2:30 when the students would have left.

......

"tch..tch.. what a shame I have to see you here."

The boy tsked from above the stair house looking at the boy who didn't give him any face and just looked down. The whole school could be seen from this point.

Kai ignored the looked at the whole school from above. Students were leaving and a cat was waiting to sneak in.

She looked like a cat.

A very subtle and very very small smile which no one could say was a smile was in the middle of coming on his always cold face unknowingly. but vanished instantly when the unpleasant voice of a peasant entered his ears.

Kai ignored the rubbish a certain someone whom he unfortunately knew was spouting.

He just came here for fresh air and wanted to spend a few peaceful and nuisance-less moments here but this peacefulness lasted only for a minute before being disturbed by the squabbling of a yellow animal.

Steven jumped down from the stair house and walked towards the iceberg which only radiated waves of sharp ice.

"So Mr.Ma..."

Kai turned his chilling killer gaze to the i***t.

if looks could kill Steven would already be buried 6... NO 12 feet under the ground. so that he won't have any chances of coming up again.

"Get lost" Kai spat venomously.

The next thing happened in a second.

Steven punched Kai square in the jaw causing Kai to back away from the sudden attack.

His lips cut open.

The jerk put all his strength into the hit.

Kai didn't wanted to start a fight with him. He gave him a warning look and started to walk away.

Steven in anger went forward and stopped Kai putting his hand on his shoulder and turned him around to punch him again.

Of course, Kai wouldn't sit like a lamb and get beaten by a bastard.

He punched Steven on his jaw hardly causing him to stagger back and his lip to cut open and then the next second punched his stomach.

It's equal now.

Steven hurled over his stomach in pain.

Kai sneered looking at him and walked away.

"Don't you ever feel guilty?" Steven composed himself and gritted with so much hatred.

Kai stopped in his track.

He knew what he was asking. What he was referring to.

Do you feel guilty?

The voice asked him again.

"No," Kai said coldly. Without turning to him.

Replying to him and himself.

"Hahaha....."

Steven laughed.

"That's to be expected from a sick b****** like you," he said looking at Kai who was walking away.

...................

Savannah peeked out her head from behind the wall and scanned the whole corridor.

East clear

West clear

South there is ceiling and

North there is floor.

Shame on you. Can't even tell about the directions. Are you sure you got here on scholarship.

Since you are so intelligent why don't you tell me the right directions. Since you are inside me so SHUT UP.

Anna tiptoed to the lockers even though there was no one in the corridor but being careful is better than being sorry.

Savannah didn't wanted any other blunder. She just wants to take her treasure and the curse which was the freaking shirt that she hadn't returned to the boy.

She opened her locker and picked up her bag and stuffed the shirt in it. She slung the bag on her shoulder and closed the locker locking it and turned around.

Only to be frozen on her spot.

There stood two boys who seem to have noticed her and were looking at her for God knows how long.

Kai and Steven walked towards the locker room to get their bags.

Steven wouldn't have went with him in any other situation but unfortunately both were boys and their locker room were same.

Both of them came to a halt when they saw a girl hurriedly fumbling with something in her locker.

Because the whole school was empty by nearly 3 pm and now it was half past three.

It rarely happened that there was someone in the school at this time.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

Anna gulped.

Her hand immediately went to her face. Thank God she was wearing a stroller that covered her head and mouth only her eyes were visible.

No one said anything.

Well, no one should concern about her. She can come and leave the school when ever she want. It was no one business.

Savannah looked at the two of them with determined eyes and that's when she noticed that patches on their faces.

Did they fight?

What happened?

And they are together. Do they know each other.

They wouldn't have fought if they didn't know each other.

I thought they didn't interact with each other. Of course they would have seen each others faces many times.

Even their lips are cut open from corners. They definitely fought with each other or with someone else.

Or..Are they..in..that..

Savannah's eyes widened in shock.

SHUT IT, I can't accept the fact that these handsome boys will have that kind of relationship.

Ahh my heart can't bear this.

They might have that kind of relationship. you know that both if them don't have any girlfriend and....

NOO.....I won't accept this.

Steven snapped his fingers in front of her face.

Bringing Anna back to reality.

When did he come so close?

Anna immediately ducked her head and ran away. She passed by Kai and couldn't help glancing at him.

A glance of acknowledgment.

She had understood why he was sooooooo cold with everyone.

And Anna has decided that she will support her desk mate in every problem.

Even the problem related to his love life.

Since they had to spend the year with each other, they should help each other and strengthen their nonexistent friendship.

Ohh! Poor boys.

I'll help them get together.

Anna decided, putting a heavy stone on her naive heart and biting her finger nail.